Hi all,
Sat down for my dinner last night and bang all went dark and quiet. hmmm i thought.
No MCB's tripped but the Residual Current Operated Circuit Breaker had, flicked it back on and tripped again, so turned all MCB's to off, flicked it on and turned the MCBs on 1 by 1 until it tripped again.
It turned out to be downstairs lights causing the problem, after checking each light individually all seemed ok, but then i realised in the extension which has the kitchen and bathroom we had a rat problem in the loft a while back which looks as though has returned and they've chomped their way though the wiring.
Chucked a load or rat poison up last night, so hoping the rest have snuffed it now, going up tomorrow to check.
When repairing the wiring could I use a choc bloc or junction box for the damaged areas?
Im assuming that it is the rats that have caused the prob at this stage, everything else works fine just down stairs lights.
Is there anything I should look for just incase it isn't rats?
House is a terraced, only five lights downstairs, living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and outside light + 2 extractor fans Kitch & Bath.
Thanks in advance,
Gareth
Sat down for my dinner last night and bang all went dark and quiet. hmmm i thought.
No MCB's tripped but the Residual Current Operated Circuit Breaker had, flicked it back on and tripped again, so turned all MCB's to off, flicked it on and turned the MCBs on 1 by 1 until it tripped again.
It turned out to be downstairs lights causing the problem, after checking each light individually all seemed ok, but then i realised in the extension which has the kitchen and bathroom we had a rat problem in the loft a while back which looks as though has returned and they've chomped their way though the wiring.
Chucked a load or rat poison up last night, so hoping the rest have snuffed it now, going up tomorrow to check.
When repairing the wiring could I use a choc bloc or junction box for the damaged areas?
Im assuming that it is the rats that have caused the prob at this stage, everything else works fine just down stairs lights.
Is there anything I should look for just incase it isn't rats?
House is a terraced, only five lights downstairs, living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and outside light + 2 extractor fans Kitch & Bath.
Thanks in advance,
Gareth